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Cities: where public health and climate experts must meet
… COVID-19: grassroots visions of change This article is part of a new IIED series that brings together forward-looking responses on specific … and providing a platform for voices from the global South. Here, IIED principal researcher  Aditya Bahadur and independent climate policy … 7 of IIED's Make Change Happen podcast Read more Our  collection about coronavirus  examines some of the emerging impacts of the COVID-19 …
Article, 24 July 2020
The morning fish auction at Mumbai's Ferry Wharf. Thousands of boats fish along the coast, putting acute pressure on fish stocks (Photo: lecercle, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Shaking the money pot to protect nature
… roads, dams and water pipes. But it does not always have to be about "either-or" and penny pinching, but being a bit cannier on … than 60 participants from 41 organisations and 12 countries to talk about natural capital investments in relation to environmental and … are piling up and can no longer be ignored.  Ina Porras (Ina.Porras@iied.org) is a senior researcher (environmental economics), in IIED's …
Insight, 25 July 2017
The data for Chinchiná river basin water accounts will be collected in 2015. Making Colombian decision makers interested in using the data requires focused, relevant communication that responds to their priorities (Photo: Rosalind Goodrich/IIED)
Reminder to self: information supply needs to be driven by demand
… that's because it is so tempting to tell a person everything you know about a subject, without thinking "What do they want to know about this?" We err on the side of information 'supply', rather than … and a desire to know more. Rosalind Goodrich ( rosalind.goodrich@iied.org ) is IIED's research communications manager. …
Insight, 23 February 2015
South Africa President Jacob Zuma speaks to China counterpart Xi Jinping at the FOCAC summit in Sandton, Johannesburg in 2015. China is increasingly influential in Africa (Photo: GCIS/GovernmentZA, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
CSR practices of Chinese businesses in the global South
… cosy relationships with host governments, our interviewees were frank about the challenges of dealing with local corruption and government … mentioned; but some private businesses, ironically while complaining about corruption, seemed uncritical of their own role in perpetuating … share your views in the comments section below or email xiaoxue.weng@iied.org. Xiaoxue Weng  ( xiaoxue.weng@iied.org )  is a researcher in …
Insight, 31 March 2016
Top: Sohel Ahmed and colleague prepare to release the balloon; bottom: Some of the photographs taken from the air (Photos: Sohel Ahmed)
Up in the air: Citizen scientists map food dangers in Nairobi
… an informal settlement in Nairobi called in Mathare. He isn't talking about the danger of working there. He's describing his first experience … in a bird's- eye view of Mathare. Sohel is working on a project with IIED and partners at the Muungano wa Wanavijiji, a federation of Kenyan … map. During the walk they also use smartphones to record information about the area, and what they are most interested in is food. Cycle of …
Insight, 31 March 2014
Tents in a refugee camp
Responding to protracted displacement in an urban world
… protracted displacement in urban areas could be enhanced.  What did IIED do? The partners set out to establish whether life is better for … to return home for years or even decades. However, data collected about displaced people is often driven by tools designed for use in …
Project, 12 February 2019
Digging the foundations for a new home in an informal settlement in Nairobi (Photo: April Rinne, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Off the beaten track: Urban Matters blog roll
… work of the Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN). IIED is a regional partner within ACCCRN, with the role of contributing … Alternative Routes to Urban Density This website is funded by IIED and is designed to address the challenges of urban density. It … story This blog serves as a counterpoint to prevailing narratives about urban development in Medellín, Colombia. It gathers personal as …
Article, 24 November 2015
People walk along a river bank, with cattle in the water in front and fields behind
Why we need to plug the climate information gap in social protection schemes
Insight, 15 July 2020
People sat around a table looking at a poster.
Q&A: Communities combating illegal wildlife trade in East Africa
… from East African Community partner states have learned more about the initiative through a series of sessions organised by IIED, the IUCN East and Southern Africa Regional Office  and the IUCN … Group . Here, Olivia Wilson-Holt talks to three session participants about the series and why it’s so important to engage communities in …
Article, 17 December 2020
Rwanda is planning to produce land, water and forest accounts to inform policy around managing its rich natural resources.(Photo: Catherine Nomura, Creative Commons via Flickr)
First steps in communication: raising awareness
… right now. What could we do? I went back to the starting point of IIED's model for four kinds of communication in a strategy, as set out … of statistical methods, research and publication unit, talked about training journalists to interpret statistics knowledgeably and … 2 would kick in when data had been collected and would be much more about engaging key policymakers in debate and showing how the data was …
Insight, 12 May 2015